Art and Limitations
I find that the structure of a medium -- its requirements and its very limitations -- provides a certain framework in which creation can...
Art and Stickiness
Stickiness has magical implications for printmaking. Fluids with different degrees of stickiness, technically known as viscosity, will...
Art and The Dry Well
My creativity ebbs and flows, so over the years I’ve developed strategies for dealing with ebb times. I maintain a creativity file...
Art and Curly Hair
When I began printmaking, the images that instinctively came from my hands had a certain look: full of detail, and leaning always toward...
Art and Admiration
My niece recently called urgently to my sister-in-law Fiona: “I need some help here! I need some help here!” Fiona rushed over and...
Art and Gifting
For a long stretch of my life – from college past grad school – I did very little creative play. The primary exception was gifts: while...
Art and Joy
I celebrate September 26th every year as my Art Anniversary – the day I took the plunge back into creativity. I’d done lots of crafty...
Art and Watermellon
I grew my first ever watermelon! The hardest part was trying to figure out when it was ripe. An array of remarkably unhelpful youtube...
Art and Serendipity.
Monotype is the most serendipitous of printmaking techniques for several reasons: it can be quick; it offers numerous options; and it...
Art and Sanctuary.
My process as a visual artist usually involves careful planning: I think through an image, design it carefully, change my mind several...
